the Lebanese Army leading to clashes in the camp. These clashes follow a tense three weeks in Lebanon's north, where the Lebanese Army has been battling militant group Fatah al-Islam at the Palestinian refugee camp Nahr al-Bared. 2008 clashes In March 2008, fighting broke out between members of the Fatah faction and the Islamist group Jund al-Sham. Influx of refugees from Syria The conditions in the camp have been exacerbated by an influx of previously Syrian-based Palestinian refugees, as a result of the Syrian Civil War. As a result of this influx, the camp's population has swelled from 70,000 to as much as 120,000. As of 2014, the camp suspected of being a popular destination for jihadist rebels fleeing neighbouring Syria, particularly after the Syrian Army, backed by the Shia Lebanese militia Hezbollah, regained control of Yabroud from the rebels in March 2014. Walling of camp In 2016 Lebanese authorities began constructing a concrete wall with watch towers around the camp. The wall has faced some criticism, being called "racist" by some and supposedly labeling residents as terrorists or islamists. As of May 2017 the wall construction is nearly complete. Notable residents Naji al-Ali, cartoonist who moved to Ain al-Hilweh with his family after the 1948 Palestinian exodus Hajj Radwan See also Nabatieh camp, destroyed between the years 1982-1991 and most of the population moved to Ain al-Hilweh A World Not Ours, a documentary film about life in Ain al-Hilweh, broadcast as part of the P.O.V. series References External links Ein el-Hilweh camp, articles from UNRWA Watch "Isti'mariyah - windward between Naples and Baghdad" Zochrot action re al-Ras al-Ahmar refugees in Ain al-Hilweh Who is 'Ain al-Hilweh?, Jadaliyya Ain al-Hilweh: Lebanon's "Zone of Unlaw" (June 2003) as ref. 3 - alternative link Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon Syrian refugee camps